Neapolitan Cake

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5 from 2 votes

A lovely old-fashioned three-layered cake from the pages of Nana Ling's cookbook.

Prep Time40

Cook Time12

Total Time52

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: Australian

Servings: people

Calories: 554kcal

Author: Libby Hakim

Ingredients

Cake

225 grams butter
225 grams sugar
3 eggs
90 ml milk
340 grams flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla essence
3 teaspoon cocoa
3 drops red food colouring

Buttercream icing

175 grams butter
3 cups icing sugar
1 tablespoon milk

Instructions

Cake

Beat butter and sugar till white.
Beat eggs, then beat with butter and sugar mixture.
Add milk and vanilla essence.
Sift the flour and baking powder and mix in quickly and lightly, not beating.
Divide mixture into three parts. Leave one plain. Mix cocoa into one. And colour the other part.
Cook each part separately in a hot oven for 12 minutes. I've used a ring tin. If using a round tin, you may need to cook a little longer.
When cold, join parts with jam, ice and decorate.

Buttercream Icing

Beat butter until white, then gradually add icing sugar and milk.

Nutrition

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